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This game is great. Fast paced fun, never ending blood shed. If you want a fast paced game with lots of killing in overly violent ways, this is for you. Also, they fixed the game killing glitch, too, so the game works great now. No more freezing issues. Just autoupdate next time you pop the game in.

Ninja Gaiden II Review

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I've played the first ninja gaiden and just mainly the beginnning of this one since I haven't had too much time to play it yet. First one's story line definetely seemed better from what I can see and am told however in an action game like this story line isn't the games main purpose. Ninja gaiden II definitely improves the fun factor with a more exciting action system that involves you performing finishing moves constantly (which are undoubtedly fun to watch and have several animations). The camera is a bit off but can be fixed to a good degree if you enhance the camera speed to it's maximum and you can center the view if needed with the press of a button.
If you bought the first one and enjoyed it, and replayed it this is a definite buy. If you feel you just want to go through it once you should probably rent it first.

If you are on the fence.....

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This game is the long awaited sequel to the greatest game ever.... I cannot stress the scope and impressiveness of this game, as well as it's predecessor! Ninja Gaiden 2 is a simply unbelievable game! While it is not perfect, it is still better than any other game you could possibly purchase. If you are not a fan of the series, you may want to play the first (Sigma, Black) game, but this is not necessary.

To sum up: You simply will not find a better action game. Hopefully there will be a follow up release to round out what is already a stellar, and ultimately FUN game!

I highly recommend Ninja Gaiden 2! Be sure to pick up NG Sigma/Black as well!

This is the type of game that actually makes you want to get better and learn combos and techniques! I generally don't like that, so this is a testament to the gaming experience that you should expect....

You won't be disappointed!

All in all great, but a few things should have been fixed

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I'll let everyone know that this is the first Ninja Gaiden game I ever purchased. I never owned the original X-Box, so I never played the first one, but I had heard great things about it. I watched the reveiw of NG2 on gametrailers.com and decided that I had to get it, it seemed to be a game right up my alley. I bought the game the first day it came out and still don't regret it. However, there this game would be more enjoyable if Team Ninja had done a few things.

I started playing in Path of the Acolyte. I like a good challenge, but I have heard from many people that Normal in Ninja Gaiden is like very hard in most any other game. Even so, Acolyte is no easy task. The fighting system is one of the most additive and adrenaline pumping hack and slash fighters around, but let me point out the flaws:

1. The absolute worst part of the game, without a doubt, is when you have to shoot the bow and arrows. I hate the fact that I have to aim manually and cannot move while I am aiming. I can't begin to tell you how many times I have either died or lost a lot of health due to the arrow aiming system. There should be a way to target enemies with charged arrow shots or at least allow you to move while charging. The dragon fight at the end of level 9 p***ed me off more than anything else in the entire game so far. I died over 20 times in a row during that fight. And I blame it all on having to use the arrows.

2. Another problem is how difficult the boss fights are. I like a challenge, but some have no perfect technique to defeating them. It's the boss fights that have been killing me most of the time and most of them now are more annoying than challenging.

3. Also, there is no map or arrows pointing which direction to go, going around in circles is no fun.

All in all great game, but those three things improved would make this a 5 star over a 4 star.

Of course it can't match the original's completeness; nevertheless, a really fun and challenging game

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As a huge fan of the original Xbox remake (and subsequent re-releases since then) back when it was first released in 2004, I have to admit that initially I was kind of disappointed with Ninja Gaiden 2.

One of the things I love about all Team Ninja games is that they feature beautiful and often very kickass CGI movies as rewards for beating a chapter or the game. However they are not in this game, which kind of took me as a surprise considering that the first trailer for Ninja Gaiden 2 was all pre-rendered CGI. But then, I actually started playing the game and that was when I knew that, ultimately, higher quality CGI was not needed. The game looks beautiful on an HDTV and the in-game cutscenes are still of very high caliber. Just don't expect an amazing storyline like in a Bioware or Square Enix title though; this game is not an RPG so everything is focused on the action, and the plot only exists in giving you a reason to unleash all hell and watch stuff explode. It certainly isn't as bad as some people have said it is.

Anyways, the most important aspect of this game is without a doubt the gameplay, so thankfully that is not an area of any disappointment at all. In fact, the gameplay has evolved to such a high point of awesomeness that if not for Ninja Gaiden 2's many minor flaws, I would proudly proclaim it as my favorite game of all time. Ultimate techniques have now been made easier to pull off, and new moves called obliterations have been introduced as a very stylish and fun way to finish off your amputated enemies. The gore has been increased dramatically with the ability to slice off not only the head but every limb as well, and with that comes added difficulty, because your crippled foes will become even more deadly and try to kill you with suicide bombings. Plus, you have many new fun-to-wield weapons to massacre with, such as a scythe and wolverine claws/razor boots combo. All that, in addition to the new challenges of lasting damage and even more aggressive enemy AI make for an incredibly enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Sadly, what other people have said about the camera being annoying and the framerates dropping or actually slowing to a crawl are true. Then those damn ghost fish are back. So those things aren't fun, but they don't tarnish the game's overall experience too greatly. People have emphasized these flaws to a point where you might think the whole game is bad, but if you just use the right trigger to center the camera when needed, and turn off the recording feature, you shouldn't experience them much at all--except the ghost fish are frequent enemies and there is one scene on a stairway that is unavoidably like playing a game in bullet-time.

All in all, I'd say Ninja Gaiden 2 is a fantastic game but one that does not really deserve 5 stars (more like 4.4), but I figured I would give it the full rating to offset other people's lower reviews. You should play it if you love action games period, because it is so fun (and much better than Devil May Cry--being better then God of War is debatable, though I'd say so). So yeah.